This afternoon (January 30), international movie star Zhang Ziyi, also a Global Ambassador of Special Olympics joined Yao Ming and Ye Li in participating with other volunteers and disabled athletes in a snow shoeing relay.

Both Zhang Ziyi and Ye Li did pretty well in their respective relay, but Yao Ming came in the last in his group, passing the relay baton to his team mate.

Later in his interview with reporters, he said it is his first time to try some winter sport; and he was happy to be able to share fun with other disabled athletes on the occasion. He said winning is not necessarily the most important thing in the spirit of Special Olympics. But what is more important is the courage to participate and the persistence to complete the competition. He said from the disabled athletes, he respected their persistence and participation and their courage to face challenges and overcome adversity.

A few more photos of Yao Ming in yesterday's 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Presenting and answering questions from Cherie Booth, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on the development and progress of the Special Olympics movement in China in the Special Olympics Global Development Summit hosted by China's Yang Lan.

Joining the disabled athletes in a snow shoeing relay together with his wife Ye Li and Zhang Ziyi.

As I predicted, bumped into his old pal and team mate, Dikembe Mutombo, who is also a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics.

Yao Ming was a very busy man this morning at 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

He and his wife Ye Li woke up early and started to serve breakfast at 07:00 am for disabled athletes that came from around the world. This is a traditional activity of Special Olympics called "May I Serve You?".

Then he and Ye Li joined their compatriot Yang Yang 杨扬, a two-time Olympic Champion from 2002 Winter Olympics and a five-time Overall World Champion for 1998-2002 in short track speed skating and now a current IOC member to travel to Gangneung, a city in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea.

They first went to Gangneung Ice Rink to cheer and rave support for the Chinese short track speed skating team.

Then after staying awhile to watch the short track speed skating, the 3 of them went to visit Kwangdong University, which is also located in Gangneung.

Gangneung will be the venue for all the indoor sports (curling, speed skating, short track speed skating, figure skating and ice hockey) of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and at Kwangdong University (where a new indoor stadium will be built to host ice hockey competition), they offered a free medical check services for all the disabled athletes participating in the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games.

Yao Ming and Yang Yang went there to inspect the facilities and took a briefing from the medical staffs and volunteers there.

It was Yao Ming's second visit to Asia Society Texas Centre since the inauguration/groundbreaking of the Centre in 2008.

Yao Ming will appear again on a a special luncheon on Friday, February 15 with former NBA player and current ESPN analyst Jay Williams to talk about his basketball career and life after retirement.

And during his Tuesday visit, Yao Ming sat down for an exclusive one-on-one interview, where he talked about the difference between Chinese and US basketball culture, the development and activities of his Yao Ming Foundation and Yao Family Wines.

Yao Ming will also be an honoree at Asia Society Southern California's Annual Dinner on February 19, where he will be joined by Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash and other special guests.

Here are photos of Yao Ming with the staffs of Asia Society Texas Centre and the one-on-one interview.

He was in Houston Zoo on Thursday (February 14) in a WildAid event with over 2 dozens of US kids, feeding giraffe, petting a rhino, watching an elephant doing a headstand with the hope to increase awareness for his animal conservation causes in the United States amongst the younger generation.

Prior to the tour of the Houston Zoo, he invited his old friend Uncle Deke Mutombo, and young friend Jeremy Lin to shoot a public service announcement for WildAid promoting his shark-fin cause.